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Film Music Publications from 2020
23rd Jun 2020
Browse the latest sheet music from film and television, including selections from Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker, Downton Abbey, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, The Call of the Wild and more.
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Kent Nagano on Penderecki's St Luke Passion
22nd Jun 2020
The American conductor talks to David about his recent recording of the late Krzysztof Penderecki's searing setting of the St Luke Passion with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
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Massenet's Cendrillon from Glyndebourne
19th Jun 2020
Danielle de Niese and Kate Lindsey bring real psychological depth to Cinderella and Prince Charming's relationship in Fiona Shaw's astute and sparkling production, with John Wilson supplying fairy-dust aplenty from the pit.
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New Release Round-Up - 19th June 2020
19th Jun 2020
Vivaldi and Piazzolla from Arabella Steinbacher, Thomas Adès from Kirill Gerstein (and the composer himself), two concertos from Christopher Gunning, and an early Korngold opera's world premiere video recording from Turin.
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Jazz New Release Round-up - 19th June 2020
19th Jun 2020
This week’s round-up includes a reissue of a long-lost classic, some silky smooth jazz-rock and a dash of Pakistani classical music.
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The Amazing Bud Powell Volumes 1 & 2
19th Jun 2020
Matt revisits timeless recordings from the genius who defined bebop piano, Bud Powell.
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Keith Tippett (1947-2020)
19th Jun 2020
The jazz pianist and composer, considered Britain's finest solo improvisers, has died aged 72.
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Sean Shibe on Bach
18th Jun 2020
The eloquent young Scottish guitarist talks to Katherine about his third solo album on Delphian, Pour La Luth Ò Cembal, which was recently described by The Times as 'masterful, beautiful and convincing in every way'.
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Dame Vera Lynn (1917-2020)
18th Jun 2020
The 'Forces' Sweetheart', whose wartime hits We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover proved an enduring source of comfort for several generations, has died aged 103.
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Boxed Set Selections - June 2020
17th Jun 2020
Pick of this month’s heavyweights is Warner Classics’s monumental tribute to Sir John Barbirolli, released to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his death.
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Shelf Discovery: Karajan in Vienna
16th Jun 2020
In the second instalment of our new series, Paul revisits the Austrian conductor's discography with the Wiener Philharmoniker, with a particular focus on Bruckner and various Strausses.
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Gramophone Editor's Choices - July 2020
15th Jun 2020
Chris introduces this month’s Choices, headed by a centenary celebration of the Cleveland Orchestra under their Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, which features two new commissions as well as music by Beethoven, Strauss, Prokofiev and Varèse.
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New Music Book Publications - 15th June 2020
15th Jun 2020
Biographies of composers Alma Mahler and Engelbert Humperdinck; analyses of Allegri's Miserere, Bizet's Carmen, and Beethoven's Piano Sonatas; a handbook of music and medievalism; a survey of music and drama in Early Modern English schools; an examination of the relationship between music and time; a biography of pop sensation, Billie Eilish; and a collection of essays exploring music in India.
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Rimsky-Korsakov from Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
12th Jun 2020
As on their recent series of Strauss tone poems, the Russian conductor and his Norwegian orchestra prove themselves master story-tellers on this trio of showpieces from the late 1880s.
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Vasily Petrenko on Rimsky-Korsakov
12th Jun 2020
The Russian conductor talks to Katherine about today's Recording of the Week and reflects on his time with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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New Release Round-Up - 12th June 2020
12th Jun 2020
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony from Teodor Currentzis and MusicAeterna, Verdi's Otello (starring Jonas Kaufmann in the title-role) from Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Massenet's first full-length opera, and an eclectic urban-themed album from Lisa Batiashvili.
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Mary Cohen: Technique in Practice
12th Jun 2020
Technique in Practice is an innovative approach to technique for advanced violinists by Mary Cohen, developed from her unique 'weightless balance' methodology. Learn more about this publication here.
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Jazz New Release Round-Up - 12th June 2020
12th Jun 2020
A round-up of some of the most recent releases that have caught our ears, with a strong 6-string flavour from the likes of John Scofield, Allan Holdswoth and Michael Olatuja.
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GoGo Penguin
12th Jun 2020
Josh enjoys GoGo Penguin's latest, eponymous album, marvelling at how the small details make for such a rewarding listening experience.
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BBC Music Magazine - July 2020 Choices
11th Jun 2020
Chris introduces this month's selection, with Alina Ibragimova's 'supernaturally fine-tuned' accounts of Shostakovich's Violin Concertos with Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov' on Hyperion in pride of place.
